﻿#region The MIT License (MIT)
// The MIT License (MIT)
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// 
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// permit persons to whom the Software is furnished to do so, subject to the following conditions:
// 
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/*
 * 
 * “You mean old books?"
 * 
 * "Stories written before space travel but about space travel."
 * 
 * "How could there have been stories about space travel before --"
 * 
 * "The writers," Pris said, "made it up.” 
 * ― Philip K. Dick, Do Androids Dream of Electric Sheep?
 * 
 */

#endregion

using System;
using System.Linq.Expressions;

namespace Sovacode.RubiksCube.Common.Managers.Validation
{
    /// <summary>
    /// Base interface for Validation Manager
    /// </summary>
    public interface IValidationManager : IManager, IValidationRegistrar
    {
        #region Validate

        /// <summary>
        /// Validate
        /// </summary>
        /// <typeparam name="T">Type of property</typeparam>
        /// <param name="property">Property <see cref="Expression{TDelegate}"/></param>
        /// <returns>Empty string if property valid</returns>
        string Validate<T>(Expression<Func<T>> property);

        /// <summary>
        /// Validate
        /// </summary>
        /// <param name="propertyName">Property Name</param>
        /// <returns>Empty string if property valid</returns>
        string Validate(string propertyName);

        #endregion

        #region Properties

        /// <summary>
        /// Gets or sets a value indicating whether the object is valid
        /// </summary>
        bool IsValid { get; }

        #endregion
    }
}